Let The Curse Begin
Added 3/14/2006
I have loved this film since I was a little girl when I first recorded it on Beta. Unfortunately, I lost the tape over the years and have only recently been able to obtain a used VHS. After all these years, I was afraid that I would no longer find that I enjoyed this movie. Luckily, I was wrong. I am still horrified and entranced by this magnificent film.
The horror all begins one stormy night when a meteor plummets to earth and lands on the Hayes farm. Disturbed, the local residents try to discover the identity of this mysterious object. As time goes by, strange events begin to transpire. The produce of the Hayes farm becomes worm infested, the animals start to appear diseased and rabid, and members of the Hayes family begin to become grotesque in appearance, as well as loosing their sanity. What has caused these horrific transformations? Will this horrible plague be ended, or has the terror of The Curse only begun?
I found the acting in this classic film to be very well done. The grim atmosphere that pervaded it was utterly encompassing. The characters, especially Frances, did an excellent job of portraying the quiet horror that was enveloping their lives. Also, the story line flowed wonderfully from the introduction of the Hayes family to the ultimate destruction that followed. However, I do have one word of warning, this movie can be very graphic in certain parts. If you are a person (such as I am) who is made ill by such scenes then you may not be able to completely enjoy this movie. Although such graphic effects often make me ill, I found the other qualities of this movie to be so absorbing that I was able to ignore the more disgusting elements.
To conclude, I would highly recommend this film. From its beginning to the conclusion, I was utterly captivated by the chilling atmosphere and the superb acting. This is one of the quintessential horror films of all time and it is certainly worth the trouble of obtaining it on the used market. It is a movie that you will never forget!
- Ravenova
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a poorly directed, uninspired rendering
Added 5/8/2002
This movie really should have been scary. The premise was good, and the way in which it was filmed was interesting. The music was absolutly terrible, and the acting was really poor. While the story and idea behind the story were frightening, as a result of it's sheerly boring nature I just can't recommend this movie to anyone.
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The Colour Out Of Space
Added 6/3/2000
A faithful rendering of Lovecraft's "Colour Out Of Space", this movie just doesn't quite cut it. It's dull, poorly-acted and not very interesting. Stick to the story if you like Lovecraft.
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Curses!!
Added 10/29/2009
The Curse is one of those fun, oddball horror flicks that you could catch on HBO at about 5AM back in the good ol' days. I know because I watched it many times and even taped it on VHS. I always liked the movie and thought it was creepy as a kid. I guess a bit of that sticks with me when I watch it today, though it's not a very terrifying movie through adult eyes.
It's based on H.P. Lovecraft's story, The Colour Out Of Space, as was the Boris Karloff flick, Die,Monster, Die! In the movie, Zachary(Will Wheaton-good, but not making quite the impression he did in Stand By Me) lives on a farm with his religious zealot stepdad, Nathan(Claude Akins doing a great job of making you hate him) and his bonehead son, Cyrus, who likes to torment Zack. Zack's mother, Frances, and his little sister, Alice, are there as well. Nathan rules the family with a strict religious iron fist. One night he's refusing his wife's advances, so she does what any horny, sensible woman unfortunate enough to be married to Claude Akins would do, and boinks the handyman. Also at this time, a meteor crashes on the farm. It's an odd marvel at first, but it soon melts and seeps into the newly built well. Now the apples and veggies are growing like crazy, but that's a smokescreen. Soon the water tastes funny, the apples are packed with worms, the lettuce is full of snotty ooze, and the farm animals are acting violently-full of bugs too! Zack and his sister seem to be the only ones who know something funny is going on. Nathan puts it all down to God's will, so he's no help at all, but more or less an accomplice of the curse. The infected family members start getting nasty warts like the ones Lemmy from Motorhead has, and begin to act crazy. Frances becomes downright grotesque and savage. Zack tries to enlist the help of the local doctor and an EPA type guy played by John Schneider(yes, THAT John Schneider), but in the end he's the one who's gonna have to try to save himself and his sister from The Curse.
The movie was directed by actor David Keith(he's the guy who played Drew Barrymore's dad in Firestarter)making his directorial debut. Lucio Fulci(billed as Louis Fulci) is an associate producer! I'll bet you horror fans wanna see this now, eh? It's really not too bad of a little horror film, and worth checking out.
Curse 2:The Bite is one of those sequels in name only. Apparently The Curse must have been fairly successful(though to this day I have yet to meet one other person who has actually seen The Curse. I did force some of my childhood friends to watch it back when I was hot poop for taping it off HBO at 5AM), so the title was used again to make this film seem like a tie-in with The Curse. Curse 2 didn't make it to HBO(I don't think), but it certainly appeared at all the local video stores. It's entertaining in it's own right but just doesn't pack the same kind of punch. It's one of those road trip type films. Clark and his girlfriend are out on vacation and drive through a radioactive bomb test area infested with radioactive animals-primarily snakes. Ol' Clark is bitten and things just get progressively crappy for him from then on. His bitten arm slowly morphs into an uncontrollable snake head. Clark and his girlfriend, Lisa(late 80s/early 90s minor league scream queen Jill Schoelen) are pursued by a police sheriff(Bo Svenson!) and a traveling salesman(Jamie Farr!!) trying to avoid a lawsuit by initially giving Clark the wrong snake antidote. Lots of chasing, hiding, screaming, bandage oozing and snake biting. Even an eyeball sliding down a windshield! There's a bit more gore in Curse 2 than the first film, but the gore isn't really a substitute for story, and The Curse had the more messed up story. Curse 2 isn't too bad and a harmless way to turn your Saturday into a "Curse" night.
Bare bones DVDs, no trailers or anything. That's pretty much expected though with these obscure flicks that don't really even qualify as Cult films. I could have certainly done without this new lousy cover art(which seems to happen to almost every DVD release of a cool movie that had cool cover art), as The Curse had a pretty snazzy cover showing Wheaton's face next to the farm house held in the palm of a giant, yucky hand emerging from the ground. Oh, well, at least I can replace that old VHS tape finally.
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Horror 24/7
Added 9/26/2009
This double feature was a treat to find. The original feature (The Curse) was directed by a popular actor which was interesting, but the story was really good. Special effects were not the greatest, but that would be the only weakness of the film. "The Curse 2 (The Bite)" had an interesting plot, but the acting suffered. It is still worth watching as it is a good film. The cost for the double feature is unbeatable.
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Next to SLITHER, CURSE II: THE BITE..........
Added 4/15/2009
Has to be one of the grossest movies I've seen in any century...I won't give alot of details here but a couple driving through the southwest United States, the state escapes me right now because I am not in the right frame of mind from getting hurt at work BUT, they get a flat tire after running over a whole poopload of snakes on the road but what they don't know is they picked up a hitchhiker and he bites the husband on the hand, they find a doctor in the next town who just happens to be a herpologist played by Jamie Farr From M*A*S*H, who ID's the snake killed in the couples Hotel room and gives him Anti-venom and all is well...right?............WRONG!
Wrong Snake and wrong Anti-venom and of course, the usual havoc ensues but in the meantime, something is going terribly wrong with our snakebite victim, his hand seems to be morphing into a...you got it, a snake and the rest of this review is just left to the imagination and your wallet to reach in and buy this fine DVD, I haven't watched the first CURSE yet but I will now that I'm home for a few days but I reccomend the Second one for sure, it's worth the price alone.
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Great Movies horrible Artwork.
Added 6/11/2008
The curse was sort of disturbing for me me in a strange way.I never got to see this movie until now.It was really hard to find on vhs,however the artwork was more appealing and better,as this one is not.As a collector i was dissapointed with its dual disc generic cover and packaging.mgm does not put out the best artwork on there dvd's hello mary lou prom night2 is a good example ,however i recommend this movie it is great and the effects were amazing.
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My Mother The Murderous Mutant...
Added 1/27/2008
THE CURSE is about a kid named Zack (Wil Wheaton from Stand By Me and "Star Trek TNG") who finds himself in the middle of an alien invasion. Zack lost his father, and his mother is now re-married to Nathan, a rigid religious nut (Claude Akins) w/ an awful bully of a son named Cyrus (Malcolm Denare from Christine and Popcorn). They all live on Nathan's farm in Tennessee. One night, Zack's frustrated mum decides to sneak out of bed and sleep with the burly farmhand. You can hardly blame her, as hubby is a stone-cold dud in the sack, unwilling to respond to her advances. Anyway, that same night, a meteor crashes onto the farm with a tremendous explosion. This thing is no ordinary space rock! It's cold, and it pulsates eerily! Soon, it melts, seeping horrendous goo into the ground like a river! This in turn pollutes the water table, causing the well to be infected with interstellar slime! Yep, you guessed it, everyone drinks this vile liquid, and all the farm's crops are watered with it! The livestock start getting weird. There's even a mad chicken attack! Mum is the first human to act strange. The rest of the family joins her in short order. Zack and his sister, Alice (Amy Wheaton) avoid the putrid food and water, only to be surrounded by their mutated, homicidal, orally oozing relatives! THE CURSE is a lesser known 80s classic, sort of the grand-child of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, and the grand-dad of movies like SLITHER. CURSE 2: THE BITE is not so much a sequel as it is a goofy spin-off. The story is completely unrelated to the original. This go round we get a guy named Clark and his girlfriend traveling through a government testing site in Arizona. Of course, radiation has caused desert animals (rattlesnakes this time) to mutate into vicious killers! Not only that, but the venom of these creatures causes further mutations in their prey! Clark is bitten and begins changing in bizarre ways. He becomes a crazed maniac with a unique method of killing anyone he comes in contact with. C2 is a gore-drenched semi-masterpiece of insanity! We also get Jamie Farr (!!) as a salesman turned gun-toting hero; and Bo Svenson (Snow Beast) as the sheriff! Together, CURSE 1 and 2 make for a nice Saturday double bill...
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